Whatroute did cabot take full#
Henry, by the grace of God, king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.īe it knowen that we haue giuen and granted, and by these presents do giue and grant for vs and our heiress to our welbeloued Iohn Cabot citizen of Venice, to Lewis, Sebastian, and Santius, sonnes of the sayd Iohn, and to the heires of them, and euery of them, and their deputies, full and free authority, leaue, and power to saile to all parts, countreys, and seas of the East, of the West, and of the North, vnder our banners and ensignes, with fine ships of what burthen or quantity soeuer they be, and as many mariners or men as they will haue with them in the sayd ships, vpon their owne proper costs and charges, to seeke out, discouer, and finde whatsoever isles, countreys, regions or prouinces of the heathen and infidels whatsoeuer they be, and in what part of the world soeuer they be, which before this time haue bene vnknowen to all Christians: we haue granted to them, and also to euery of them, the heires of them, and euery of them, and their deputies, and haue giuen them licence to set vp our banners and ensignes in euery village, towns, castle, isle, or maine land of them newly found. The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands. Letters of Patent for Cabot's Third Journey, 1498 Papers for the third journey were awarded on February 3, 1498. By September 26, King Henry VII gave him an additional L2, then in December was awarded a pension, L20 per year, that suggested he was at the beckon of the King for additional tasks. There was concern about the King's standing on the throne with an uprising in Cornish, but once that scuffle had been settled, Cabot was again on the agenda. Several months would pass, however, before a third voyage could be planned. Cabot was convinced that he had found a shorter route to Asia, and that the silks and spices that he had not located yet, would not be far away. Four days later, on August 10, 1497, Cabot was given a L10 reward, equal to several years pay for a craftsman of the time. He had traveled to London to meet with the King after his arrival back from the 1497 second voyage on August 6. With Cabot's second journey to the New World proving more sucessful than the first voyage in 1496, it should come as no surprise that the explorer would be commissioned by the English King Henry VII to take a third. Recent research suggests a second theory, that his ships did return to England after a two year exploration of the coastline of Canada and the United States, even down into the Spanish claimed territories of Columbus in the Caribbean.
It is unknown whether Cabot returned from this voyage and various reports state that his ships were lost at sea. 1498 - Detail May 1498 - Cabot undertakes another voyage to the New World under his English papers.
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